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Banh Mi Ok
- resultFail
- critical violations3
- last inspectedNovember 29, 2021
- address44 School St, Boston 02108
Is Banh Mi Ok clean?
Banh Mi Ok is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on November 29, 2021. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Banh Mi Ok?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 29, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Assignment (Pf) • There is no person in charge at the time of the insepction to oversee food safety and take corrective action. Provide a full time certified food manager and train employees in proper food handling procedures.Assignment (Pf) • There is no person in charge at the time of the insepction to oversee food safety and take corrective action. Provide a full time certified food manager and train employees in proper food handling procedures.
- ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • There are spring rolls stored at room temperature between 58F -62F. Provide proper cold holding of 41F or below. (items that were out of temperature were discarded by the manager)critical(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • There are spring rolls stored at room temperature between 58F -62F. Provide proper cold holding of 41F or below. (items that were out of temperature were discarded by the manager)
- ⚠️(A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Tofu is made at Vina bakery and reheated in the mocrowave at the establishment is 93F. Provide proper reheating microwave temperature and hot holding temperatures.critical(A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Tofu is made at Vina bakery and reheated in the mocrowave at the establishment is 93F. Provide proper reheating microwave temperature and hot holding temperatures.
- ⚠️Compliance with Food Law (P) • They are receiving some food from Vina Bakery at 70 Newmarket Square but they are also cooking some items at their home and bringing it to the store. The manager was able to provide invoices from Vina Bakery for some items and all the homemade items were discarded by the manager.criticalCompliance with Food Law (P) • They are receiving some food from Vina Bakery at 70 Newmarket Square but they are also cooking some items at their home and bringing it to the store. The manager was able to provide invoices from Vina Bakery for some items and all the homemade items were discarded by the manager.
When was Banh Mi Ok last inspected?
Banh Mi Ok has 6 inspections on record going back to February 26, 2021.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 30, 2021 | closed by the city | |
| November 29, 2021 | Fail | |
| May 12, 2021 | Pass | |
| May 5, 2021 | Fail | |
| March 4, 2021 | Pass | |
| February 26, 2021 | Fail |
Banh Mi Ok vs Downtown
Downtown runs 90% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 866 clean, 53 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 1% of them.
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How Boston grades restaurants
Boston reports inspections as a pass or a fail, with no score and no letter. What separates a bad fail from a trivial one is the violation severity ladder: a single star is a minor issue, two stars is more serious, and three stars marks a critical foodborne-illness risk factor — temperature abuse, bad handwashing, cross-contamination. A restaurant can fail on paperwork alone, which is not the same as failing on food safety. Cooked splits Boston fails accordingly: a fail with a three-star violation reads cooked, a fail on minor items only reads mid.
Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated November 29, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.